This week the FAO will be present at the 24th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage which this year follows the theme "Innovation and research in agriculture water management to achieve sustainable development goals". The congress aims to provide a platform for irrigation and drainage professionals and the broad range...

The world is looking for durable and effective options to tackle global challenges such as climate change, land degradation, biodiversity loss, food and water insecurity. While billions of people still face pervasive poverty, hunger and malnutrition, satisfying the increased demand for food is placing pressure on the world’s natural resources....

AQUASTAT, FAO's Global Information System on Water and Agriculture, just released a new dissemination system that provides free access to over 180 variables and indicators by country and by year since 1960. The new dissemination system allows publishing the data collected every year through the questionnaire sent to the AQUASTAT...

Complete article here>> Water is one of the world’s most precious resources. It connects us all and is essential to everything we do. Water is also vital for agriculture, livestock and fisheries and key to food production, nutritional security and health. Yet, global water quality is deteriorating at an alarming rate,...

The International Day of Clean Air for blue skies on 7 September is focusing this year on ‘The Air We Share’, the transboundary nature of air pollution and the need for collective accountability and action. Sand and Dust Storms is a growing transboundary phenomena that impacts air quality and several...

Rome/Stockholm -An innovative water management tool will expand to become available around the world thanks to a contribution from the Foreign Affairs Ministry of the Netherlands to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). FAO has developed and used data and information presented in a portal, known as...